The BBC has just revealed further details of the story everyone is talking about – BBC presenter salaries. It’s been another good year for Huw Edwards, who’s clocked in a nice 10% pay rise and is the third-highest paid presenter. In fact it’s a score of pay rises is on the board all as the BBC loses viewers, slashes Newsnight, and complains that it is cash-strapped. Gary Lineker remains the corporation’s highest earner, on £1,354,999…

Nick Robinson, John Kay, and Reeta Chakrabarti have scored some of the cosiest rises. Here are the highest-earning politicos, and others:

Today

• Mishal Husain – £344,999 (+7.81%)
• Nick Robinson – £349,999 (+25%)
• Justin Webb – £324,999 (+14.04%)
• Martha Kearney – £229,999 (-13.21%)
• Amol Rajan – £314,999 (-7.35%)

World at One

• Sarah Montague – £249,999 (NC)

PM

• Evan Davis – £284,999 (+3.51%)

BBC News at One, Six and Ten

• Huw Edwards – £479,999 (+9.09%)
• Jane Hill – £184,999 (NEW)
• Sophie Raworth – £329,999 (-10.81%)
• Clive Myrie – £314,999 (+8.62%)
• Reeta Chakrabarti – £274,999 (+25.02%)

Question Time

• Fiona Bruce – £399,999 (+2.5%)

Newsnight

• Victoria Derbyshire – £299,999 (NC)
• Kirsty Wark – £284,999 (-10.53%)

BBC Breakfast

• Charlie Stayt – £194,999 (NC)
• Jon Kay – £229,999 (+21.05%)
• Sally Nugent – £199,999 (+8.11%)

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

• Laura Kuenssberg – £329,999 (+6.45%)

On-air editors and correspondents

• Faisal Islam – £264,999 (+12.77%)
• Jeremy Bowen – £244,999 (+4.26%)
• Katya Adler – £234,999 (+6.82%)
• Chris Mason – £229,999 (+15.22%)
• Sarah Smith – £229,999 (+2.22%)
• Lyse Doucet – £209,999 (NC)
• Mark Easton – £209,999 (+5.00%)
• John Simpson – £194,999 (+5.41%)

Non-politics or news

• Gary Lineker – £1,354,999 (NC)
• Zoe Ball – £954,999 (-3.05%)
• Alan Shearer – £384,999 (-14.44%)
• Stephen Nolan – £409,999 (+1.23%)
• Greg James – £419,999 (+5%)
• Jeremy Vine – £289,999 (NC)
• Louis Theroux – £204,999 (NC)

While the BBC rants on about equality and diversity its gender wage gap has actually widened by about a percentage point when measured both in mean and median pay. Co-conspirators can read the full report here. An absolute joke for hard pressed licence fee payers…